should i have slapped this woman?

while at a lansing lugnuts game on sunday i overheard a mother call her daughter a 'little shit'.

when is it appropriate to slap someone upside the head?

what are parents thinking when they call their children names? as parents, we made the choice to have children. and now, we have the responsibility and joy to love them, nurture them, care of them and respect them. where does calling them names, yelling at them, hitting them or hurting them in any other kind of way show them love? how does it nurture them?

some parents really piss me off. i want to pull them aside and talk to them. i want to slap them out of their selfish thoughts and bring them back to reality. i want them to look into the children's eyes and see their hurt. i know some parents only act the way they're taught, but i don't think this is an excuse. the cycle has to be broken somewhere.

i know i'm not perfect. i know i'll probably lose it with my children at some point. but i pray that i never treat them with disrespect. i pray i never call them a name or make them feel unloved.

people, love your kids. nurture your kids. and please don't call them little shits.

Comments

Mindy Richmond said…
Yeah, you probably would have had to hold me back if I had witnessed that. I am HUGE on showing kids respect, no matter how young. I mean, how can we expect our kids to grow up and respect others when we haven't taught them how?

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